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Message: [QUOTE="Jason Simmons, post: 3214743, member: 8275"] You’d be amazed at how little the opinion of people I lock up, matters to me... Don’t forget the ways and means act... Back in the 90’s before we had codified police powers, we had a range of acts that gave us our powers... So for instance we’d get called to disturbances, not having any specific DV legislation or powers as we do now, we’re in a bit of a bind... Someone’s partner has been towelled up, but won’t make a criminal complaint? What to do? We leave without doing anything, they get towelled up again or worse, how bad are we for doing nothing? Fortunately that’s when the old S.173 of the Liquor act came to the fore... We could at least lock the aggressor up for drunk, sleep it off in a cell for the night, cash bail them the next morning, and give the battered spouse a night of respite... [/QUOTE]

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